Top ten acting tips for everyday life

In an acting class or coaching session with me you will hear the following ten instructions repeated over and over again

Really listen 

Really answer 

Whatever you do do it one hundred percent 

There is no character - it's just you 

Trust you are enough 

*Say what you mean mean what you say 

Live truthfully and fully with your given circumstances 

Work (and live) in this moment - moment by moment 

There is no such thing as nothing - even nothing is something 

Be simple and specific

All of these quotes are words of the great acting teacher Sanford Meisner. (Except this one *which is more mine).

While these quotes are the foundation of an acting technique, over and over I have encountered these themes through out my studies of psychotherapy and philosophy.  So often my students reveal how their acting class has a positive effect on their everyday life and more specifically on their relationships.

If you have the time and resources to take an acting class, why not? Or you can simply focus on just one of these 'tips' and apply it to your life.

I'd love to hear about your discoveries.

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed - Wayne Dyer